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In 1058, Gaeta was made subject to the count of Aversa, by then prince of Capua. Pandulf I (1032–1038) Pandulf II (1032–1038), co–duke; Leo II (1042), a member of the Docibilan family; Guaimar (1042–1045) Ranulf (1042–1045) Asclettin (1045) Atenulf I (1045–1062), also count of Aquino; Atenulf II (1062–1064), also count of Aquino
But Desiderius of Benevento, the new the abbot of Montecassino, asked Richard to extort only 4000 sous from Duke Atenulf which, after several more weeks of trying to hold out, the duke finally paid. [13] In 1062, Richard sent his son Jordan to take Gaeta from Atenulf II, but Atenulf was allowed to continue personal rule until 1064. Though, in ...
Geoffrey Ridel (or Ridell) (Italian: Goffredo Ridello) (died 1084) was the Duke of Gaeta as a vassal of the Prince of Capua from 1067 or 1068. In 1061, he was one of the leaders of the first Norman campaign in Sicily. In 1067, he was appointed duke of Gaeta. He was the first Norman duke since William of Montreuil and the
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The Norman overlords of Gaeta appointed dukes from various families of local prominence, Normans mostly, until 1140, when the last Gaetan duke died, leaving the city to the king of Sicily, Roger II, to whom he had pledged himself in 1135. The first Norman duke after the brief tenure of Ranulf Drengot under Guaimar was William of Montreuil ...
Landulf (or Lando [1]), either a Lombard count [2] or a Docibilian senator, [citation needed] was the Duke and Consul of Gaeta from 1091 to 1103.. With the death of Jordan I of Capua in November 1090, [3] anarchy erupted in the fiefs of the Principality of Capua, especially in Aquino and Gaeta.
After the death of Duke Andrew of Gaeta without heirs in 1113, the duchy escheated to Prince Robert I of Capua, who bestowed it on Jonathan and appointed Richard his regent. [5] As a sign of Gaeta's semi-independence, between March [ b ] 1113 and July 1114 he and Richard issued charters dated to the joint-reign (1092–1118) of the Byzantine ...
Gregory was the Duke of Gaeta from 963 until his death. He was the second son of Docibilis II of Gaeta and his wife Orania. He succeeded his brother John II, who had left only daughters. Gregory rapidly depleted the publicum (public land) of the Duchy of Gaeta by doling it out to family members as grants.